Learning and Skills Act 2000

41 Persons with [F1learning difficulties] [F1additional learning needs].E+W

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(1)In discharging its functions under sections 31, 32 and 34(1)(a) to (d) and (g) the [F2Welsh Ministers] must have regard—

(a)to the needs of persons with [F3learning difficulties, and] [F3additional learning needs;]

[F4(b)in particular, to any report of an assessment conducted under section F5... 140.]

[F4(b)to the desirability of facilities being available which would assist the discharge of duties under the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018.]

[F6(2)If the [F7Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [F8they cannot] secure the provision of facilities for education or training which are sufficient in quantity and adequate in quality for a person with a learning difficulty who is over compulsory school age but who has not attained the age of 19 unless [F9they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [F10Welsh Ministers must] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]

[F11(3)If the [F7Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [F8they cannot] secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 19 but not the age of 25 unless [F9they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [F10Welsh Ministers must] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]

[F12(4)If the [F7Welsh Ministers are] satisfied that [F8they cannot] secure the provision of reasonable facilities for education or training for a person with a learning difficulty who has attained the age of 25 unless [F9they also secure] the provision of boarding accommodation for him, the [F13Welsh Ministers may] secure the provision of boarding accommodation for him.]

[F14(5)A person has a learning difficulty if—

(a)he has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of his age, or

(b)he has a disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions providing post-16 education or training.]

[F14(5A)In this Part, “additional learning needs” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018, and “additional learning provision” has the meaning given by section 3 of that Act.]

[F15(6)But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which he is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in his home.]

Textual Amendments

F1Words in s. 41 heading substituted (1.9.2021 for specified purposes, 1.1.2022 for specified purposes) by Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2), ss. 50(4)(a), 100(3); S.I. 2021/373, arts. 3, 4, 6, 7 (as amended by S.I. 2021/938, art. 2); S.I. 2021/1243, art. 3(h); S.I. 2021/1244, art. 3(h); S.I. 2021/1245, arts. 3(h), 4 (with art. 1(4))